#RTB | 64% Say Bar Should be "MUCH HIGHER"
The new issue of Realtor Magazine came to our office today. On page 4, a graphic appears detailing the results of a Reader Poll that was conducted by the magazine. A simple question was asked: “Should real estate brokerage have a higher bar for entry?” A whopping 64% said, “Yes, much higher.” The next highest [...]
Read more#RTB | Imagine
Imagine there’s no office It’s easy if you try No empty desks around us We’re all roaming with Wi-Fi Imagine all the Realtors Working a better way Imagine there’s no desk fees It isn’t hard to do Nothing to waste our money And no print ads too Imagine all the Realtors Leveraging technology You may [...]
Read more#RTB | Real Estate's Atlas Shrugged
My favorite book is “Atlas Shrugged.” I don’t know anyone who’s read it and not been impacted by it in some way. In fact, in 2009 the Wall Street Journal featured a story that talked about how eerily prescient this book had been more than 50 years earlier in predicting so many things going on [...]
Read more#RTB | Real Estate Liposuction
NOTE | This post was written by Marc Davison of 1000Watt Consulting and published in August of 2005. It was re-published with permission. PREFACE | This post includes many great suggestions and common-sense, “Business 101″ financial recommendations that are still as relevant in April of 2010 as it did when it was originally published nearly [...]
Read more#RTB | Raising the Bar | How High?!?
Sometime in September of 2009, before I ever saw or heard of the #RTB hashtag on Twitter, I had a lengthy Twitter exchange with Stefan Swanepoel (@Swanepoel). We were talking about the need for an increase in the level of professionalism in real estate. Here’s my best recollection of the conclusion of our dialogue: Swanepoel: “I [...]
Read moreTEDxUofM | Do You Realize?
TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) TED is a: … small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment and Design (hence, “TED”). Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with the annual TED Conference in Long Beach, California, and the [...]
Read moreTwo Great SlideShares From 1000 Watt Consulting
These SlideShares are so good we had to add them to our blog. Thanks so much to Joel Burslem and Marc Davison of 1000 Watt Consulting. Enjoy! 20 Cloud Tools Presentation
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